Mutual Obsession

My next stories will be Greener Than Green Tea and White Moonlight. Please add them to your reading lists

Under pressure from her family's plans for an arranged marriage, Sang Manshu reluctantly agreed to let Xie Ran, who had pursued her for ages, become her boyfriend.

Though all she had really given him was a title.

Less than half a month later, Sang Shuge discovered that her pretend boyfriend was cheating on her.

They had only been public for a little while, and this bastard was already fooling around with other women, making Miss Sang lose face.

Was she supposed to put up with that?

Sang Shuge promptly dumped the scumbag and walked away in disgust without looking back.

When Xie Ran begged her to take him back, regretting everything, she raised an eyebrow and could barely be bothered to look at him.

"Get lost. I have someone new."

Sang Shuge's new love was Bai Yihuai, the most popular guy in the whole school, as unattainable as a lonely, cold moon.

Bai Yihuai was an outstanding student, handsome and refined, but proud and cold as an unbreakable block of ice, keeping everyone at a distance.

He had once been a pampered young master born with a silver spoon, but his family had fallen on hard times. Now he was just a poor boy with a pretty face.

For Sang Shuge, that was perfect.

Still smarting from the shame of her ex cheating on her, she went up to Bai Yihuai.

"Hey, you."

Sang Shuge folded her arms and looked him up and down. She had a pretty, innocent face with a hint of childishness, but deliberately put on the tone of a heartless flirt, speaking to him with casual arrogance. "Stop working part-time. Be my boyfriend, and I'll take care of you."

At first, Bai Yihuai wanted to see what would happen when he gradually dirtied this pampered white swan, protected by her family since childhood, stripping away her sharpness and pride until she could no longer fly.

But later, when she hid in his arms, eyes red and body trembling as she cried, it felt as if his heart were being crushed.

Then the tables turned.

The Bai family rose from the brink of ruin back to the top, while the Sang family fell into a financial crisis and teetered on the edge of collapse.

The down-and-out Sang Shuge looked at the dangerous man before her, dressed in an expensive suit and full of confidence, and stubbornly turned her face away. "Are you doing this to get revenge and laugh at me now?"

So that's why he was forcing me to stay by his side, just to watch me become miserable and destitute.

Bai Yihuai hid the emotions in his eyes, gently tucked the blanket around the person in bed, then bent down and placed a soft kiss on her eyelid. "Be good. Don't overthink it."

The treasure he cherished with all his heart, whom he could barely bring himself to touch, how could he bear to let the world's filth stain her or allow anyone else to defile her?

Now, he would protect her purity and innocence.

Spoiled Princess x Devoted Knight

My next story will be Greener Than Green Tea. Please add it to your reading list

Ruan Yan, the youngest daughter of C City's prestigious Ruan family, had been missing for over a year. Now she had been found.

After surviving a blizzard, Ruan Yan was lucky to be alive, but a head injury had left her with amnesia.

To everyone's astonishment, she had not only lost her memories, but her personality had changed completely, too.

The Ruan Yan who used to be willful and spoiled, always throwing tantrums, seemed to have become someone else.

She was now cheerful, outgoing, and considerate.

She was gentle, thoughtful, and attentive toward her cheating fiance, Jia Yanyuan, and never lost her temper for no reason.

She even called the green-tea mistress who was having an affair with Jia Yanyuan "big sister" every day, treating her with great warmth.

Before long, Jia Yanyuan and his green-tea mistress started having more and more arguments.

Ruan Yan said to Jia Yanyuan, "Are you two fighting because of me? I'm sorry. I'll go explain things to her. I don't want you to fall out because of me."

"You're so wonderful. How could she misunderstand you?"

"Don't blame her. She must just care too much about your friendship."

Ruan Yan said to the green-tea mistress, "Big sister, please don't misunderstand A Yan. He just feels sorry for me because I can't remember anything, so he's been looking after me a little more lately."

"Big sister, I really didn't know that place held special memories for you two. If I had known, I wouldn't have agreed to go there with A Yan."

Because of Ruan Yan, Jia Yanyuan and the green-tea mistress argued, grew suspicious of each other, and fell out, until they were completely estranged.

Meanwhile, Ruan Yan used Jia Yanyuan to bring down her family's biggest rival in the industry and resolve the Ruan family's financial crisis, restoring them to their place among the top wealthy families.

Later, Jia Yanyuan began pressuring Ruan Yan to marry him as soon as possible.

But Ruan Yan shook her head, looking troubled. "I'm sorry. So much has happened because of me. I can't keep loving you anymore."

No matter how Jia Yanyuan begged her with red-rimmed eyes, she only watched him sadly and refused to agree.

Everyone thought kindhearted, softhearted Ruan Yan was acting out of guilt.

Only Lu Peishi, the eldest young master of the Lu family and a business tycoon in C City, saw through the careful disguise behind her every performance of sweetness.

"You're not Ruan Yan. Who are you, really?"

Ruan Yan blinked her innocent, wide eyes at him. "Brother Peishi, what are you talking about? I'm your sweet little Yanyan."

"Brother Peishi, why are you suddenly being so fierce? You're scaring me."

"Brother Peishi~"

Lu Peishi was unmoved. He watched her performance in silence, his dark lashes lifted.

Ruan Yan: "..."

Tsk, this coldhearted man wasn't falling for her act at all!

Fine! Then she'd just... stop wasting her time on him and make a quick escape~

But it wasn't long before Lu Peishi "caught" Ruan Yan and brought her back.

He cornered her at the bedside, step by step. "You've been seducing me for so long, and only now you're thinking of running? Too late."

Ruan Yan denied it with all her might. "When did I ever seduce you?"

The man's long fingers pressed against her rosy lips, gently stroking them again and again. "Every moment."

Ruan Yan: ???

Vengeful Green-Tea Girl x Business Tycoon

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Blurb: Jiang Yan had a beloved white moonlight deep in his heart, and those around him who knew about her never dared mention her in front of him.

That white moonlight was said to be beautiful, with fair skin, red lips, and bright, sparkling eyes. A single gentle smile from her had made the once-unattainable Young Master Jiang fall completely in love.

Later, when Jiang Yan was at his most vulnerable, his white moonlight abandoned him and left without looking back.

From then on, Jiang Yan became cold and heartless, shutting himself away completely. Work was the only thing in his life.

Then one day, Yu Qiaoqiao suddenly appeared in his world.

She had a completely different face from his white moonlight, yet Jiang Yan kept seeing her in Yu Qiaoqiao.

He kept Yu Qiaoqiao by his side, at first for reasons he couldn't explain, with a desire for revenge. But in the end, he was the one who suffered.

Yu Qiaoqiao, a little-known online influencer, was at a low point in her career when luck suddenly came her way. A series of photos of her and Jiang Yan of the Jiangsheng Group, taken by chance, was posted online, prompting people to speculate about them. Soon, their couple pairing went viral.

For the sake of her career, Yu Qiaoqiao agreed to be Jiang Yan's "contract" girlfriend, diligently playing two different roles in public and in private.

In front of the cameras, Yu Qiaoqiao linked arms with the handsome, aloof, and refined man, smiling sweetly and looking blissfully happy.

Away from the cameras, Jiang Yan was utterly cold toward her. He rarely even gave her a pleasant look, let alone smiled.

Yu Qiaoqiao didn't mind. Their relationship was just a mutually beneficial arrangement. Only a fool would take it seriously.

Some time later, word got out that Jiang Yan had an unspeakable white moonlight.

He kept his lips sealed and never said a word in explanation.

Then the people in the industry who envied Yu Qiaoqiao, along with her haters, went wild.

"So she's just a poor substitute after all, in danger of getting dumped at any moment. How tragic."

"She climbed her way up using Jiangsheng's resources. The higher she climbs, the harder she'll fall."

"Tsk, when his white moonlight comes back, she'll have to slink off with her tail between her legs."

Even Yu Qiaoqiao's manager couldn't stand it anymore. "Qiaoqiao, what's going on with President Jiang? What white moonlight he can't have? What pathetic substitute? What is all this nonsense?"

All the defiant swagger Yu Qiaoqiao usually showed was gone. She lowered her eyes and murmured to herself, "Yeah, it seems like he really does still love her. Why does he still love her..."

She remembered how, not long ago, Jiang Yan had been drunk late at night, holding her and murmuring incoherently, "Ranran, where did you go... Ranran, please come back..."

Ranran was the name of the white moonlight everyone talked about.

Yu Qiaoqiao's eyes instantly reddened.

Because it had been so long since he called her that...

Later, Yu Qiaoqiao, unwilling to remain caught up in this complicated relationship, decided to leave.

But Jiang Yan stopped her and refused to let her go.

Looking at the sleeping woman in bed, his eyes were filled with tender affection, restrained and suppressed.

She had finally come back. He wouldn't let her leave so easily again.

She was the white moonlight he had once failed to recognize.

And the cinnabar mole in his heart he dared not touch.

Even knowing he might be hurt again, he would do everything he could to embrace her.

A recommendation for my friend's modern sweet romance, The Evening Breeze Is You, by Yan Zhizhu.

Blurb: To pursue her music dream again, Su Chi returned to Baihai to study. While working part-time alongside her studies, she never expected her first job to bring her face-to-face with her ex-boyfriend.

Seeing his startled expression, Su Chi guiltily ran away. After all, she'd been a certified sucker for a pretty face and pursued him, only to leave without a word or warning not long after they started dating.

*

Everyone in their circle knew that Xie Qingyuan had a white moonlight he had never met.

He had loved only her for years, and even founded the music label Zhuyin for her.

Only Xie Qingyuan himself stubbornly denied it. "Give me a break. Why would I do all that for a big liar who stole my heart and then vanished without a trace?"

When she shows up... he plans to make her answer for it!

*

When he met Su Chi again, the proud, elegant man finally had red-rimmed eyes.

He held her hand and said hoarsely, "We agreed we'd pursue the halls of music together, but you left halfway through, leaving me to create Zhuyin on my own. All these years, my notes have still danced only for you, and my melodies have only played for you. So please don't leave me again this time."

Xie Qingyuan before meeting her again: Hah, a love cheat. Pretty girls love to lie.

Xie Qingyuan after meeting Su Chi: If I drop to my knees fast enough, maybe my wife will come back _(:з"∠)_

A short-to-medium-length sweet romance.

A story about rekindling a love after a breakup.

Theme: Growing together